• Breakdown – A technique used to break an opponent by removing his/her hand and knee supports.
• Crossface – A wrestling technique that uses a hand/wrist to control an opponent by holding his/her face.
• Decision – This is the result of the match when a wrestler scores more points than the opponent.
• Default – When a wrestler is unable to continue the match because of a disqualification or injury.
• Disqualification – When a wrestler is eliminated in a match or tournament because of his violation to a certain rule.
• Escape – A term that is used when a wrestler that is being controlled by the opponent escapes and return to his/her neutral position.
• Fall/Pin – A wrestling technique by pressing the opponent’s shoulder or the upper body to the mat. If being executed successfully, this technique can end a match instantly.
• Forfeit – This happens when the opponent fails to appear on the scheduled match for a certain reason. The wrestler who is on the ring and ready to fight will be automatically declared as the winner.
• Hand Control/Fighting – An offensive maneuver that a wrestler will be using his hand to gain control of the opponent.
• Major Decision – This occurs when a wrestler scores less than 8 points and not more than 14 points on his/her wrestling victory.
• Neutral Position/Neutral – A position when both of the wrestlers don’t have any control with each other.
• Optional/Freestyle Start – A starting position on which the wrestler places his hands on the bottom back of the opponent. He has an option to release the opponent or continue the fight.
• Penalty – Points awarded to the wrestler whose opponent violated a certain wrestling rule. One penalty equal is equal to one point.
• Reversal – This is the term used when a defensive wrestler escapes and took control of the opposing wrestler using the same technique.
• Riding – This is a term used when a wrestler is on top of his opponent and controlling him.
• Shoot – A term when attempting to make a takedown to the opponent.
• Sprawl – This is a technique for defending a takedown that uses the wrestler’s leg on executing it.
• Stalemate – This is a call made when both of the wrestlers are stuck in a position where both of them don’t have a chance of scoring.
• Stalling – A term used for a wrestler who fails to take control or pin the opponent.
• Stance – The correct standing position.
• Takedown – An act from the neutral position a when the opponent is taken down suddenly to the mat and being controlled.
• Technical Fall – This happens when a wrestler has a 15-point advantage to his opponent.

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Let’s get started now by learning the common freestyle wrestling moves we have listed below:

• Ankle lock

Ankle lock is perform by seizing the ankle of your opponent and locks it. You should seize it tightly so that you have strong grab to its ankle and take him down properly. Your opponent should be forced onto the back so you can grab his ankle and foot for you to twist it easily. Doing this will force your opponent’s shoulder to be on the ground when you elevate his ankle while holding it tightly because it is so painful for him/her.

• Leg lock

  

Leg lock is the same with ankle lock that you will have to make your opponent lie down on the floor. When he/she is already lying, you will now then grab his legs and hold it tightly towards your body. You should be sitting on his butt area to have more control on his legs. This will be too painful for him because of the tightness and the extension you are doing to his legs. This move might force your opponent to a submission that will lead to his defeat.

• Headlock

  

Headlock is the most common finishing move in wrestling. It is done by placing your arms tightly on the neck and head area of the opponent. This is a critical move that needs proper execution to prevent an accident because it involves the grabbing of the neck and the head that is a critical area of the body.

• Suplex

  

Suplex is the grabbing of the opponent’s waist tightly using both of your arms. After you grab his waist, lift him/her to a high level then fall forward onto him/her. This move really needs a great strength from you so that you can lift your opponent properly.

• Leg sweep

  

Leg sweep is the last common freestyle wrestling move we will discuss. This involves the sweeping of the opponent’s legs for him/her to be out balance and fall down. First is you have to hold your opponent’s upper chest area and sweep his legs using your one leg from the under. While you are sweeping his legs, push him to the opposite direction so that he will fall down on the floor and you will gain points.

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• Stance – This refers to your body position when fighting. You can use either a square stance or a staggered stance depending on what you like and which are you most comfortable of. These are just equally well. You should bend your body at all times to prevent a possible take down from your opponent. Then, put the weight of your body to the balls of your feet to have a better balance and quickness during the bout.
• Movement – Like any other combat sports, wrestling do requires also lots of movement from you. This can be a move to defend or to attack the opponent. You should practice different kinds of moves so that your opponent can’t read what you will do next. When attacking, your move should be precise and strong for it to be more effective. Then, during defense, keep it tight and always look at your opponent to defend better and do a possible counter attack.
• Level Change – Level change refers to the move you will do when executing an attack or a defense. It is when you move your hips up or down from your normal stance. For example, you will normally lower your hips when preparing to attack using a takedown. Then also when trying to escape a take down from your opponent, you will raise your hip and then avoid the attack. That is a level change. Changing the level of your hips depending on what will be your next move.
• Takedown – This is a type of wrestling attack which you will take your opponent down for a score and possibly end the match if being executed properly. Takedown is usually used to neutralize the opponent and take control of the fight.
• Reversal – This is sometimes considered as a kind of counter attack in wrestling. Reversal is a move when you act like you are defending but actually waiting for the opponent to attack. When the opponent is already attacking, you will then be on offensive.
• Escape – This is a move to stay away from your opponent. An escape can be used also when being cornered.
• Breakdown – A move to make the opponent off balance and down him/her to the mat.
• Finish – Like the word means, it’s a move to end the fight by defeating your opponent by just one blow. You can also use your special moves to pin your opponent down.

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Below are the most important wrestling mental and physical preparations that you can do even just by yourself. Follow all of these to stay fit and mentally prepared the next time you will do wrestling.

Physical Preparation

• Have a proper rest. It is very important if you are well rested before you do anything that is very tiresome like wrestling. Be sure to sleep 8 hours every night.
• Proper diet and vitamins. Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables. You can also visit your doctor so that he can prescribe you proper vitamins for your body. Be extra cautious with your diet and your body.
• Do jogging and other types of endurance exercises every day. This is the most effective way of improving your body’s endurance.
• Hit the gym. Strength is very important in wrestling. You will have more advantage to your opponent if you have stronger than him. So be sure to hit the gym and lift some weights.
• Practice some loosening exercises. Being flexible is also important to wrestling and you can have it if you practice loosening exercises every before and after wrestling practice. You can ask your wrestling coach or better yet, search on the net the most effective loosening exercises you can do.
• Drink right amount of water. It is very important when you want to maintain the right body and weight. Because drinking too much or too less of water will result to unhealthiness or undesirable weight. You can talk to your fitness coach for more information about it or there is much free info in regards to this one on the internet that you can read anytime.

Mental Preparation

• Always think that you can win. It is very useful to do not just in wrestling but in almost any kind of sport. Think and act that you can win the match. Do not think of other things except for winning. Think of it in your practice, in your sparing matches or even if you are eating. It will surely improve your performance during the match. Some call this as the “I CAN WIN FORMULA”. Trust me, it is very effective.
  • Intensity
  • Confidence
  • Attitude
  • Never say die
  • Will
  • Intestinal Fortitude/Guts
  • No Doubt
• Believe in yourself. Do not be afraid on how tough or strong your opponent is. The winner is determined based on the result after the match, not on how you and your opponent look before the match. Just always believe in yourself that you can bring down your opponent anytime during the match.

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Fun Facts About Him

1. John Cena is a lefty.
2. He was a football center in college and in fact he was an NCAA Division III All-American center.
3. He almost pursued a career in bodybuilding before he chose to become a professional wrestler.
4. John Cena’s album titled “You Can’t See Me” reached no. 15 on the US Billboard 200 Chart and sold over 143,000 copies on its first week of being released.
5. He starred in 11 films already.
6. He graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise Physiology from Springfield College.
7. Cena loves to collect muscle cars. He has over 20 muscle cars already and some of it are special type.
8. He loves to collect jerseys also.
9. John Cena is of Italian and French-Canadian Descent. His father is of Italian and his mother is of French-Canadian Descent.
10. 
    He loves to help children with life-threatening diseases through Make-A-Wish Foundation.
11. He began to lift weights to protect him from being bullied in school.
12. He married his high school sweetheart Elizabeth Huberdeau.
13. John Cena holds the record of Most WrestleMania Title Wins by a superstar with four.
14. He is a fan of Japanese anime.
15. Cena won the Slammy Award Superstar in 2009, 2010 and 2012. But in 2012, he chooses to hand it over to Ric Flair instead.
16. His favorite game is the Command & Conquer video game series.
17. He was once named Prototype on his professional wrestling career.
18. John Cena is a 4-time WWE United States Champion.
19. He held four tag team championships.
20. John Cena is scared of Spiders.

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Roman Reigns real name is Leati Joseph “Joe” Anoaʻi and was born on May 25, 1985. He is an American professional wrestler and a former professional Canadian football player. Roman is a member of the Anoaʻi Family that originates from American Samoa and is a family of professional wrestlers. Yes, he came from a family of professional wrestlers that is why it is not surprising that he is the reigning WWE World Heavyweight Champion.

Important Highlights Of His Football Years

• Roman played 3 years in Pensacola Catholic High School.
• He played 1 year at Escambia High School
• Anoiʻa was named Defensive Player of the Year by Pensacola News Journal in his senior year.
• He became a member of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team together with Calvin Johnson.
• After his record of 29 tackles for loss and twelve sacks in 2006, Roman was named to the first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference.
• Sadly, he was undrafted in the 2007 NFL draft but was signed by the Minnesota Vikings and was also released later after a month.
• Roman was also signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars in August 2007 but then released a week later.
• Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League signed Roman in 2008. He wears the number 99 and played just 1 season with the Eskimos when he was released by them on November 10, 2008. Roman then retired from football.

Wrestling Career Highlights

The Shield

• He made his WWE debut on the Survivor Series 2012 as one of the member of The Shield together with Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose.
• They are called the Hound of Justice.
• Together with Seth Rollins, they held the World Tag Team Championship for almost five months.
• On 2014, they became the biggest threat for The Authority. The Authority is a professional wrestling group of Triple H with the other WWE wrestlers.
• But sadly when The Shield and The Authority fought in the WWE ring, Seth Rollins betrayed his teammates and joined forces with the opposing team. That is the time when The Shield broke up.

WWE World Heavyweight Champion (2016-Present)

Roman Reigns had passed many obstacles on reaching the WWE World Heavyweight Champion Title. It started when he challenged Sheamus one more time for the heavyweight title. Then Reigns defend the title at the Royal Rumble match but there was an unexpected event that happened. The League attacked Roman by the order of Mr. McMahon. Because of this, Reigns was eliminated and Triple H becomes the eventual winner. Reign and Triple H fought again on the Wrestlemania 32 where he beat Triple H and provoked boos from the audience.

There was another contender again for the heavyweight champion title that Roman Reigns is holding. His name is AJ Styles. But Reigns defeated AJ at Payback and at Extreme Rules in an Extreme Rules Match. Seth Rollins made his return after that match. Right now, Roman Reigns is the reigning WWE World Heavyweight Champion.

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Mixed Martial Arts or commonly known as MMA is a full-contact combat sport that allows the use of different fighting styles like boxing, kickboxing, wrestling, karate, Muay Thai, Vale Tudo, Brazilian Ju jitsu and other fighting styles throughout the world. It became so popular during the early 1900s.

The first regulated MMA league in the United States was created by CV Productions in 1980 and they named it as “Tough Guy Contest”. Later, it was named as “Battle Of The Superfighters” that sanctioned tournaments in Pennsylvania. But the bad news is in 1983 when the Pennsylvania State Senate pass a bill that prohibits this sport. Vale Tudo, a combat sport in Brazil that was developed in 1920s was then brought in United States by the Gracie Family in 1993. This event was then followed by the founding of the Ultimate Fighting Championship or UFC on the same year. This was establish for them to know what is the most effective Martial Arts for unarmed combat situations. This time, UFC is the most famous MMA league in the world. But there are other famous MMA leagues throughout the world also like Bellator MMA, Invicta Fighting Championship and ONE Championship (One FC).

Battle Of The MMA Fighters

The MMA battle takes place on a close ring or a cage with no equipments. They are only wearing shorts and a thin MMA gloves. No other equipment needed and they are just barefoot during the match. The fighters are allowed to use their own fighting techniques. They can punch, kick and grab just to knockout their opponent and win the match. This battle style was from the origin of MMA, the Vale Tudo that has an English meaning of “anything goes”.
There are some rules on MMA that is similar to Boxing and Wrestling. The fighter has 3 ways to win the match. Fighter can win by knocking out the opponent so that he will be unable to continue the match anymore. A fighter can also win by holding the opponent and forcing to submission. The last way is to finish the fight and win by the judges’ decision. The judges’ decision can be unanimous or a split decision. If the decision is split then the majority of the decision will be the final one. 
MMA has 10 weight classes according to the Unified Rules. These weight classes are listed below.

MMA Weight Classes

• Strawweight – up to 115 lb (52.2 kg; 8.2 st)

• Flyweight – up to 125 lb (56.7 kg; 8.9 st)

• Bantamweight – up to 135 lb (61.2 kg; 9.6 st)

• Featherweight – up to 145 lb (65.8 kg; 10.4 st)

• Lightweight – up to 155 lb (70.3 kg; 11.1 st)

• Welterweight – up to 170 lb (77.1 kg; 12.1 st)

• Middleweight – up to 185 lb (83.9 kg; 13.2 st)

• Light Heavyweight – up to 205 lb (93.0 kg; 14.6 st)

• Heavyweight – up to 265 lb (120.2 kg; 18.9 st)

• Super Heavyweight – N/A

Note: 1 lb grace limit is allowed to non-title bouts.
Some leagues have different weight classes but most leagues are following the Unified Rules for the weight classes. The ring or cage of the Mixed Martial Arts fight differs on each league. Some are circle shape, some are 8 sided, 9 sided, 6 sided and there are some cages also that are just the same with the boxing ring. But even there are many MMA leagues in the world and they are different from one another, the contest is still the same. That is to win and to be the best on an MMA cage. No matter what fighting style you have as long as you will follow the rules.

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